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Head back to school with the best school bags under $700

It wasn't all that long ago that those of us on the PurseBlog team were shopping for school bags ourselves. I'm the baby of the group, and since it's August (side note: how?), this marks the fifth anniversary of the very last time I went back-to-school shopping. Despite the advent of things like iPads and Kindles in those intervening years, though, I feel pretty confident that a college student still considers the same things when shopping for a school bag: fashion, function and price. Oh, and will it fit a laptop? Why won't online retailers tell us if a bag will fit a 15" laptop?

Rant aside, we've made some picks for those of you looking for a school bag (or for those of us who are out of school and just want a casual, cost-effective option for when you need to carry more than usual). We tried to be as price-conscious as possible, considering the generally modest means of students, which means that our picks start at $33 and top out at $695 for a leather Theyskens' Theory backpack. (So worth it, you guys.) Check out our picks after the jump.

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Well you already knew about that option so why would they feature it? :-P

http://www.purseblog.com/ Amanda Mull

Like mari said, it’s already a pretty well-known option! We wanted to feature some things that people might not immediately think of or know where to find.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=68701243 Shannon Hood

Very nice options! This is finally my last year of school, and it is so true that finding a bag that can fit a laptop online can be difficult. I love that Longchamp, I should have purchased it when I was in Paris in May!